Welcome to Tritown School Nurse Web Page

Here you will find important school health information and updates for our school offices.

We welcome you to visit your school page to meet your school nurse and learn about what is happening in your child's school.

The Role of The School Nurse

Each school in the Tri-Town School Union has a nurse on staff who is available during the school day.

The school nurse is available to provide first aid to injured children and care for ill children throughout the school day. She administers daily medication and emergency medication to students and performs medically prescribed procedures. The school nurse provides training and health education, develops health care plans to ensure students' health and safety. Throughout the school year, she schedules and conducts essential health screenings for school children and make medical referrals as needed. The state of Massachusetts requires the school nurse to collect and maintain necessary documentation such as health records, physical exams, and immunization records.

What will you find under each tab on our site

• Tri Town School Health: individual School Nurse page

• Requirements: Immunizations, Physical Exams, Screenings and Waivers

• General Information:specific illnesses, concussions, medication at school, and lice

• Quick Forms: Care Plans for: Asthma, Allergy, Diabetes, Seizure Care

Reminders from your School Nurse

• Please notify the school if your child is going to be tardy or absent from school. Identify the reason for the absence so we can track of illnesses in the school.

• Please remember to keep sick children home for at least 24 hours free of a fever without fever reducing medicine( such as Tylenol or Motrin) and symptoms have improved.

• If your child needs medication during the school day a responsible adult needs to bring it to school. Never send medication to school with your child.

• Remember to notify the office if your work/cell/home phone number changes or if your emergency numbers change such as when you go away and your child stays home with a babysitter.

• Hand washing is one of the easiest and most effective methods of decreasing the spread of germs. Please continue to teach/review proper hand washing techniques with your child.

When to Keep you Child Home from School

• Fever, may return fever free for 24 hours without medication

• Vomiting or Diarrhea in the last 24 hours

• Skin sores with weeping fluid

• Rash & Fever

• Mouth sores and drooling

• Untreated head lice, scabies, or ring worm, may return after treatment

• Untreated bacterial infection, may return 24 hours after treatment

• Vaccine preventable diseases eg: Measles, Mumps, Whooping Cough, Chicken Pox

• Eye pink with sticky drainage, may return after 24 hours after treatment